Palo Verde coach Kevin Fiddler may never have been so happy to see a failed bunt attempt.
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The average Major League Baseball salary will cross the $4 million threshold when the regular season begins next week.
Chicago Cubs slugging prospect Kris Bryant, and Las Vegas native, who made a strong case to break camp with the major league club with nine home runs this spring, was reassigned to minor league camp Monday.
UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers went to the mound in the sixth inning and summoned right-hander Zack Hartman, one of the team’s closers.
UNLV will need to win the Mountain West baseball tournament to advance to a regional for the second year in a row. The Rebels needed to win at least two of three from first-place San Diego State this weekend, but the Aztecs clinched the series with a 7-6 victory Saturday.
For the second straight year, the Dodgers will open the season with games on their pay-TV channel, Time Warner Cable’s SportsNet LA, blacked out in 70 percent of Los Angeles-area households and all households in Southern Nevada, where TWC isn’t available.
Tucker Thomason tossed a six-hit complete game, and Palo Verde got an early lift from Will Hamilton’s solo home run in the first inning during a 6-2 victory over No. 8 Coronado. Thomason held the Cougars scoreless before a two-run double to Jacen Yergensen in the seventh.
The 7-5 loss was a tough one for UNLV, which needs to win the series against San Diego State, the first-place team in the Mountain West, to have a realistic chance to establish some momentum in what has been a disappointing start to the season.
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jarred Cosart said he is cooperating fully with Major League Baseball’s investigation into his alleged gambling activity.
The Boulder City baseball team scored in every inning except the first, and Steve Wagner pitched a four-hitter as the Eagles pounded Tech 14-1 in six innings to move into sole possession of first place in the Division I-A Sunrise League.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Alex Rodriguez will be tested for drugs more often in the wake of his 162-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant has worked out in left field and was expected to play there in Thursday’s spring training game.
Linebacker Brandon Magee was placed on waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wednesday, and now he’s headed to Boston Red Sox spring training… to play.
Major-league baseball teams are worth $1.2 billion on average, an increase of 48 percent from 2014, according to Forbes’ valuations released Wednesday.
This weekend we jump back into conference play as we host San Diego State. For the last three years the Aztecs have been one of the best teams in the conference. Hopefully we can come out and show our best stuff and get it started on Friday night.
